I am reading elsewhere that there seems to be a report of a greek tanker that seems to have come across some floating tpye of luggage or brief case?
Not sure. The source is in a different language. Supposidly a S&R has been sent to check it out, but it will take a few hours to get there.

To Greek truck «ELKA Athina» received signal for possible finds fatal Boeing
Located in the Strait of Malacca four hours from the point of findings
PUBLICATION: 12:32 | Last updated: 13:34
Greek tanker named «ELKA Athina» of European Product Carriers interests of the shipowner Karnezi
sailing in the Strait of Malacca received signal, along with other adjacent vessels by a coast station in Indonesia to rush into this position:
latitude north and longitude 0551 09 657, 5 East to check suspicious objects that may resemble suitcases and may be fatal from Boeing of Malaysia
Airlines. The ship is on a course to this point, which is expected to arrive in 3-4 hours. Evolution comes time which thickens the mystery about the
fate of Flight MI370 who mysteriously disappeared eight days. captain of «ELKA Athina» is the second officer and Zampelis Dimitris Dimitris
Karagiannis.

"This is a significant recalibration of the search," Hishammuddin told reporters on Sunday. "From focusing mainly on shallow seas, The search
was already a highly complex, multinational effort. It has now become even more difficult."

Malaysia's prime minister, Najib Razak, has already spoken with the heads of state of Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and India; the foreign
ministry has briefed at least 22 countries regarding the new search efforts as well as any additional countries that may be able to provide
assistance.

Those countries include Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Australia, with special assistance
regarding satellite data requested from the US, China and France.

Surveillance airplanes and maritime vessels will also be needed in the search for the missing jet along the southern corridor, where the Indian Ocean
can reach depths of two miles and radar coverage is patchy at best.

Malaysia Airlines has confirmed that the plane departed for Beijing with enough fuel only to reach its scheduled destination, so it would have been
likely to run out after about seven hours' flight time – if flying at normal cruising altitudes. But with reports emerging that the aircraft may
have been flying at altitudes as high as 45,000ft, authorities also confirmed on Sunday that the plane need not have been flying for the duration of
the period it was picked up by satellites.

The satellite "pings" that were last read at 8.11am on Saturday – some six hours after Malaysian military radar last detected the aircraft over
the Malacca Strait at 2.15am – could still have been transmitting data from the ground, if the plane were to have landed, said Malaysia's civil
aviation chief, Abdul Rahman.

"The plane can still transmit pings from the ground as long as there is electrical power," he said.

The person in control of missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 issued their last communication to air traffic control after the first set of
aircraft communications was disabled, Malaysian authorities have confirmed, adding further weight to suspicion that the plane was hijacked.

The latest revelation suggests that the person who delivered the “All right, good night” message to Kuala Lumpur air traffic controllers just
before the Boeing-777 disappeared from their radar at 1.22am and diverted from its scheduled flightpath to Beijing was also aware that the Aircraft
Communications Addressing and Reporting System (Acars) had been manually shut down.

Investigations still do not appear to know who was at the helm and what their intentions were when the aircraft disappeared from civilian radar more
than a week ago.

Experts on aircraft maintenance have explained that the plane’s communications system can only be disabled manually – a process that requires
switching a number of cockpit controls in sequence until a computer screen necessitates a keyboard input ...

So far, China has been fairly accurate in their press releases, or, fairly able to manipulate MSM reporting -- usually providing info. (or dis-info,
depending on how it all washes out) at least a day or two in advance of others.

The latest, along with link:

Citing Malaysian air force radar data, the prime minister revealed that the missing flight did indeed turn back, then flew westward back over
Peninsula Malaysia before turning northwest.

"These movements are consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane," he said.

The last confirmed signal between the plane and a satellite came at 8:11 a.m. Malaysian time on March 8, about seven hours and 31 minutes after
takeoff.

As Malaysian officials uncovered new data on the possible flight path of MH370 that point to two new corridors and search operation keeps on
demanding immense resources, Malaysian government has asked assistance of as many as 25 countries.

It also requested the United States, China and France to share more satellite images along with many other countries.

And

In the last 24 hours the Malaysian prime minister has spoken to prime ministers of Bangladesh and India, as well as presidents of Turkmenistan and
Kazakhstan. The Malaysian foreign minister has also briefed officials from countries in the north and southern corridors. This includes a briefing to
representatives from 22 countries including nations along the new search corridors as well as other countries that may be able to help.

"Basically, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, China, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Australia have been
approached. Malaysian officials are requesting assistance from these and other countries. This support includes general satellite data, radar
playback, visions of ground and sea search and assets as appropriate," he added.

I think Bangladesh needs looked at very closely. I knew a man years ago from there who ran a little market in my small town. It was owned he said by
his "cousin". He used to invite some of the more friendly individuals in town over for some awesome cooking his wife did. He confided in me that he
thought his cousin was a terrorist on more than one occasion but I dismissed it because I think he felt more used by his cousin than anything else (he
did all the work and his cousin got all the money).

They ended up moving to Wisconsin because they couldn't make it here. No one would shop at their market because they were practicing Islamist'.

There is also the guy from there who was arrested for trying to detonate a 1000 pound bomb in 2012, in NY I believe. His father was a banker and said
he used his life savings to send his kid here to the U.S. to go to school.

While I understand your point, can you explain me a bit more the link between MH370 disappearance and the business friendly environnment remarks by
IMF representative? Especially that you are speaking about the actual situation in Ukraine. Thanks

I think we should understand when they say "the pilot", the person who was piloting at that moment or in charge of the communication. They seem not
to be able to clearly specify who really answered to the ATC.

The information posted from the report makes it very clear that ''the pilot'' means the person piloting the plane.

Something that hasn't been reported yet is whether this has been through voice recognition or was a normal thing for the flight's designated pilot or
co pilot to say, which would perhaps provide additional information.

My colleague Shiv Malik has been looking into the Twitter history of Rupert Murdoch, who has used the microblogging site to suggest that the
disappearance of the jetliner is the work of jihadists trying to make trouble for China ...

777crash confirms jihadists turning to make trouble for China. Chance for US to make common cause, befriend China while Russia bullies.

It does look odd.... but do we know what area that particular part of the satellite is from? I don't think tonmod tells you that does it, looks in
the next square above right that there's a small ship there, if this was debris, don't forget the satellite images are from day after the plane went
missing, surely, the hundreds of ships and planes in the area would have spotted it?

The information posted from the report makes it very clear that ''the pilot'' means the person piloting the plane.

Something that hasn't been reported yet is whether this has been through voice recognition or was a normal thing for the flight's designated pilot or
co pilot to say, which would perhaps provide additional information.

edit on 16-3-2014 by theabsolutetruth because: (no reason given)

Sorry for my remark, not waking up since a long time, so my brain may have miss a few words

despite reading that report on the guardian
previously.

Are there any kinds of international standard procedures to record communications between aircrafts and tower control?

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